Journal rankings · indicator year 2019
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Subfield ranking · 2019
Atmospheric Science journal rankings 2019
87 ranked journals · Subfield in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Atmospheric Science has 87 ranked journals in 2019. The median journal has an OJR of 0.98, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.03 on 2018; Q1 starts at OJR 1.46. The top three are Earth system science data, Nature Geoscience, and Geoscientific model development.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2019. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2016–2018, the window the 2019 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Earth and Planetary Sciences (8)
87 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2018. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2016–2018, the window the 2019 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2016–2018 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2010 to 2019. | Compare |
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1Earth system science dataOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 5.64Q1 | 12.43 0.79 down from 2018 | 230 | 100% | $1,509 | ||
2Nature GeoscienceNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 5.38Q1 | 11.26 0.96 down from 2018 | 660 | 55% | $12,690 | ||
3Geoscientific model developmentOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 3.11Q1 | 7.71 0.44 up from 2018 | 690 | 100% | $1,725 | ||
4Bulletin of the American Meteorological SocietyAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 3.04Q1 | 4.58 0.46 up from 2018 | 835 | 68% | — | ||
5Atmospheric chemistry and physicsOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 2.34Q1 | 7.23 0.37 down from 2018 | 2,681 | 100% | $1,725 | ||
6Journal of Geophysical Research Earth SurfaceWiley · United States | 2.27Q1 | 4.38 0.80 down from 2018 | 413 | 67% | $4,070 | ||
7Global and Planetary ChangeElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.26Q1 | 4.78 0.15 down from 2018 | 499 | 38% | $3,120 | ||
8Elementa Science of the AnthropoceneOABioOne · United States | 2.25Q1 | 5.64 1.18 up from 2018 | 226 | 100% | $1,450 | ||
9The cryosphereOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 2.15Q1 | 6.26 0.03 down from 2018 | 602 | 100% | $1,574 | ||
10GeomorphologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.10Q1 | 4.03 0.19 down from 2018 | 1,129 | 33% | $3,400 | ||
11Climate of the pastOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 1.97Q1 | 5.04 0.07 up from 2018 | 352 | 100% | $1,725 | ||
12Quaternary Science ReviewsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.92Q1 | 4.63 0.66 down from 2018 | 1,088 | 52% | $3,920 | ||
13Journal of Applied VolcanologyOABioMed Central · Germany | 1.84Q1 | 4.21 1.67 up from 2018 | 40 | 100% | $1,990 | ||
14Journal of HydrometeorologyAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.83Q1 | 4.76 0.35 up from 2018 | 431 | 73% | — | ||
15Advances in Climate Change ResearchOAKeAi · China | 1.82Q1 | 4.12 0.88 up from 2018 | 122 | 100% | $2,000 | ||
16Atmospheric EnvironmentElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.81Q1 | 4.86 0.29 up from 2018 | 2,097 | 31% | $2,910 | ||
17Progress in Physical Geography Earth and EnvironmentSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.75Q1 | 3.45 0.30 up from 2018 | 137 | 24% | $3,650 | ||
18Journal of Geophysical Research AtmospheresAmerican Geophysical Union · United States | 1.74Q1 | 4.58 0.03 up from 2018 | 2,440 | 52% | $4,070 | ||
19Meteorological MonographsOAAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.69Q1 | 10.50 5.92 up from 2018 | 79 | 100% | — | ||
20PaleoceanographyAmerican Geophysical Union · United States | 1.60Q1 | 4.34 0.81 up from 2018 | 162 | — | — | ||
21ACS Earth and Space ChemistryAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 1.55Q1 | 4.54 1.58 up from 2018 | 223 | 35% | $4,500 | ||
22Paleoceanography and PaleoclimatologyWiley · United States | 1.46Q1 | 3.72no 2018 value | 97 | 70% | $4,070 | — | |
23Quaternary GeochronologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.37Q2 | 2.91 0.38 down from 2018 | 230 | 38% | $3,350 | ||
24Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological SocietyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.35Q2 | 3.75 0.14 up from 2018 | 706 | 55% | $4,320 | ||
25Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology PalaeoecologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.35Q2 | 3.10 0.24 up from 2018 | 1,385 | 34% | $3,210 | ||
26Journal of Quaternary ScienceWiley · United Kingdom | 1.34Q2 | 3.10 0.06 up from 2018 | 238 | 41% | $4,310 | ||
27Journal of the Atmospheric SciencesAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.33Q2 | 3.51 0.12 down from 2018 | 689 | 76% | — | ||
28Monthly Weather ReviewAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.32Q2 | 3.84 0.56 up from 2018 | 713 | 69% | — | ||
29GeoarchaeologyWiley · United States | 1.32Q2 | 1.74 0.43 down from 2018 | 143 | 35% | $3,760 | ||
30Journal of GlaciologyOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.30Q2 | 3.11 0.35 down from 2018 | 319 | 100% | $2,600 | ||
31QuaternaryOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.30Q2 | 2.27 1.27 up from 2018 | 33 | 100% | $1,930 | ||
32Quaternary InternationalElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.25Q2 | 2.20 0.10 down from 2018 | 1,922 | 22% | $3,400 | ||
33Tellus BOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.23Q2 | 3.02 0.26 up from 2018 | 74 | 100% | $1,410 | ||
34The HoloceneSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.22Q2 | 2.39 0.36 down from 2018 | 455 | 44% | $3,650 | ||
35Permafrost and Periglacial ProcessesWiley · United Kingdom | 1.20Q2 | 3.02 0.39 down from 2018 | 96 | 28% | $4,480 | ||
36Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser IIOAThe Meteorological Society of Japan · Japan | 1.17Q2 | 2.01 1.37 down from 2018 | 160 | 100% | $1,657 | ||
37Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and OceanographyOAWiley · United Kingdom | 1.17Q2 | 2.55 0.07 up from 2018 | 122 | 100% | $1,410 | ||
38Cold Regions Science and TechnologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.11Q2 | 2.92 0.70 up from 2018 | 537 | 20% | $2,960 | ||
39AtmosphereOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.10Q2 | 3.15 0.34 up from 2018 | 915 | 100% | $2,896 | ||
40Journal of Applied Meteorology and ClimatologyAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.10Q2 | 2.82 0.27 up from 2018 | 475 | 77% | — | ||
41Weather and ForecastingAmerican Meteorological Society · United States | 1.09Q2 | 3.51 1.01 up from 2018 | 324 | 73% | — | ||
42Annals of GlaciologyOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.08Q2 | 2.67 0.16 up from 2018 | 127 | 100% | $2,600 | ||
43BoreasOAWiley · United States | 1.05Q2 | 2.72 0.29 up from 2018 | 202 | 26% | $3,020 | ||
44Quaternary ResearchCambridge University Press · United States | 0.98Q2 | 2.20 0.26 up from 2018 | 321 | 37% | $3,550 | ||
45Aerosol Science and TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.98Q3 | 2.83 0.15 up from 2018 | 394 | 98% | — | ||
46GeoResJElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.97Q3 | 2.31 0.43 up from 2018 | 34 | — | — | ||
47Marine MicropaleontologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.97Q3 | 2.41 0.15 up from 2018 | 133 | 31% | $2,480 | ||
48arktosSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 0.91Q3 | 1.53 1.72 down from 2018 | 39 | 40% | $2,780 | ||
49Arctic Antarctic and Alpine ResearchOAInstitute of Arctic and Alpine Research · United States | 0.91Q3 | 1.93 0.23 up from 2018 | 168 | 100% | $1,993 | ||
50Nonlinear processes in geophysicsOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 0.87Q3 | 2.13 0.07 down from 2018 | 141 | 100% | $1,412 |
Subfields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with Atmospheric Science highlighted.
- Geophysics147
- Atmospheric Science87
- Paleontology77
- Oceanography56
- Earth-Surface Processes17
- Geology10
- Geochemistry and Petrology9
- Space and Planetary Science4
Journals
Citations made in 2019. Corpus-wide, 83.4% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
24 additional Atmospheric Science journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2016–2018, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2019. Publication window: 2016–2018. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 87
- Window papers (baseline)
- 62,984 -6.9% from indicator year 2016
- Median OJR
- 0.981 -10.1% from indicator year 2016
- Rising journals (2025)
- 2
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2016–2018 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 54 | 60 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 63 | 66 | 66 | 71 | 77 | 79 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 85 | 87 | 90 | 89 | 91 | 87 | 87 | 88 | 90 | 90 | 85 | 84 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 25,673 | 30,710 | 33,397 | 36,427 | 37,296 | 39,563 | 42,065 | 44,545 | 49,170 | 54,170 | 57,757 | 60,903 | 63,349 | 65,512 | 67,686 | 68,363 | 67,660 | 65,187 | 63,370 | 62,984 | 62,161 | 62,163 | 61,223 | 61,037 | 59,515 | 60,382 | |
| Median OJR | 0.842 | 0.80 | 0.88 | 0.96 | 0.86 | 0.93 | 0.984 | 1.089 | 1.07 | 1.04 | 1.094 | 1.05 | 1.11 | 1.13 | 1.12 | 1.087 | 1.091 | 0.99 | 1.01 | 0.981 | 0.980 | 0.91 | 0.844 | 0.82 | 0.78 | 0.77 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.